A Material World
In the 1990's, photographer Peter Menzel began a worldwide journey to photograph the way average families live across the world. His resulting book, Material World, offers extraordinary images of families in front of their dwellings with all (or nearly all) of their possessions. Experts at the United Nations and World Bank helped determine the criteria for average families according to location (urban, rural, suburban, small town, or village), type of dwelling, family size, annual income, occupation, and religion.
Today, you will use these photographs to determine each family's level of economic development.
Today, you will use these photographs to determine each family's level of economic development.